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# SystemDateToLocalDate

Converts a system datetime string to the local time of the current Marketing Cloud Engagement user.

The system time is North American Central Standard Time (UTC-6) without adjustments for daylight saving time. The local time is the time of your Marketing Cloud Engagement user account, which can be configured in Setup.

## Availability

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>Marketing Cloud Engagement</td>
    <td>✅ Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Marketing Cloud Next</td>
    <td>❌ No</td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syntax

```
SystemDateToLocalDate(systemTime)
```

The `SystemDateToLocalDate()` function has one parameter:

- `systemTime` (string): Required. The system time value that you want to convert to local time.

## Usage

To use this function, pass it your current system time.

```
%%[
  Var @currentSystemTime
  Set @currentSystemTime = Now()
]%%
Local Time For User:  %%=SystemDateToLocalDate(@currentSystemTime)=%%
```

The system returns the local time based on the value contained in the @currentSystemTime variable.